Domestic violence case raises questions over Iditarod rules

An accomplished musher was in a Palmer state court Tuesday over a domestic violence incident that happened in December of 2015. Critics have asked whether Iditarod organizers were aware of the assault charges prior to the race and let 24-year-old Travis Beals compete anyway.
Travis Beals in Unalakleet during the 2016 Iditarod. Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media.Download Audio
Beals is accused of an Assault 4 misdemeanor, causing fear of injury, over an incident in Willow.
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